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Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Huon, Having Slain a Giant, Came to Babylon, sentence 21

After he had so wandered awhile, he heard the voice of a damsel that wept, which sound he followed till he came to the place where she sat. "Why weep you?" he said. "

Who acts: Huon, damsel, sat. · What happens: wander, hear, weep, follow, come, say · To what, where: voice, sound, place, you · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, How Huon, Having Slain a Giant, Came to Babylon. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Huon, damsel, sat.), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

Mova's own parse. This tree may be wrong.

The tree

marknsubjauxadvmodadvcladvmodpunctnsubjdetobjcasedetnmodnsubjacl:relclpunctdetconjnsubjacl:relclmarknsubjadvclcasedetobladvmodnsubjnsubjpunctadvmodparataxisobjpunctpunctnsubjacl:relclpunctpunctrootAfterSCONJhePRONhadAUXsoADVwanderedVERBawhileADV,PUNCThePRONheardVERBtheDETvoiceNOUNofADPaDETdamselNOUNthatPRONweptVERB,PUNCTwhichDETsoundNOUNhePRONfollowedVERBtillSCONJhePRONcameVERBtoADPtheDETplaceNOUNwhereADVshePRONsat.PROPN"PUNCTWhyADVweepVERByouPRON?PUNCT"PUNCThePRONsaidVERB.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AfterafterSCONJ_5 wanderedmark
2hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 wanderednsubj
3hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 wanderedaux
4sosoADV_5 wanderedadvmod
5wanderedwanderVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part9 heardadvcl
6awhileawhileADV_5 wanderedadvmod
7,,PUNCT_5 wanderedpunct
8hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs9 heardnsubj
9heardhearVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
10thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 voicedet
11voicevoiceNOUNNumber=Sing9 heardobj
12ofofADP_14 damselcase
13aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art14 damseldet
14damseldamselNOUNNumber=Sing11 voicenmod
15thatthatPRONPronType=Rel16 weptnsubj
16weptweepVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin14 damselacl:relcl
17,,PUNCT_19 soundpunct
18whichwhichDETPronType=Int19 sounddet
19soundsoundNOUNNumber=Sing11 voiceconj
20hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs21 followednsubj
21followedfollowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin19 soundacl:relcl
22tilltillSCONJ_24 camemark
23hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs24 camensubj
24camecomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin9 heardadvcl
25totoADP_27 placecase
26thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art27 placedet
27placeplaceNOUNNumber=Sing24 cameobl
28wherewhereADVPronType=Rel38 saidadvmod
29sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs30 sat.nsubj
30sat.SaturdayPROPNAbbr=Yes Number=Sing38 saidnsubj
31""PUNCT_33 weeppunct
32WhywhyADVPronType=Int33 weepadvmod
33weepweepVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin30 sat.parataxis
34youyouPRONCase=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs33 weepobj
35??PUNCT_33 weeppunct
36""PUNCT_33 weeppunct
37hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs38 saidnsubj
38saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin27 placeacl:relcl
39..PUNCT_9 heardpunct
40""PUNCT_9 heardpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1wanderpast · perfectHuonawhile propertyvn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2hearpastHuonthe voice of a damsel and which soundvn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer voice=Stimulus
3weeppasta damselvn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4followpastHuonwhich sound not said herevn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sound=Theme
5comepastHuonthe placevn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to place=Initial_Location
6weep in a quoteinfinitiveyouvn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent you=Theme
7say speech: askpastsat. gateHuon nsubjvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

Text: «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, Project Gutenberg book 75339 (public domain in the USA). Tree: Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), the chapter read in order.

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